Re: Product for Running Embedded C# Application

Do you have any specific environmental requirements? I mean if you're just
after some box that can run a CF app and not plug in a monitor then
something like an iCOP ebox is cheap and effective, albeit fairly slow. You
can also use a cheap mini-ATX board and run full-up XP or CE with a faster
processor. There are ARM-based devices that tend to work better in
industrial temp or vibration environments, but as Paul said, there are lots
of them out there. Do you need an enclosure, or do you have one you'll plug
into? Do you have form factor requirements? Does it need storage space?
How much? How much RAM does it need? How will you get the app onto the
device? How will you handle black outs or brown outs, and will they matter?
There are *lots* of variables to consider and what you end up with could be
as cheap as around $300 or upward of $7k or just about anything in between.


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Chris Tacke
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
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"Yofnik" <yofnik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have tried a google search and found many devices for specific
applications. Many of them have more features than we want - like a
display. I want a low cost device that will run my application and
little else. Perhaps I am not searching for the right "thing". What is
such a device common referred to? Its certainly not a PDA or even a
handheld computer.

If someone has knowledge of a specific device like I am describing, I
would love to hear more info.



On Jan 31, 12:45 pm, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT
no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
There are tons of Windows CE-based devices. That's what you should be
looking for: Windows CE, serial, USB, and Ethernet. If you need a
display
on the device, you'll need to look for that, too. We don't have anything
that matches all of those requirements, but you might get the basic idea
by
looking atwww.edasce.comorwww.lanpoint.com. There are many, many vendors
of devices for various vertical markets and I'd be surprised if you can't
find one with Google and some patience.

Paul T.

"Yofnik" <yof...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hello,

We have already developed a desktop application in C# that
communicates with proprietary hardware devices over standard ethernet
or serial cables.

In many cases we need to deploy this application in areas where full
desktops are overkill. We would like some minimal "appliance" or
single board computer type of hardware that can run our application
and communicate with our back end servers over the network.

I don't mind recompiling our application for the Compact Framework
(and adjusting some code if need be). However, I am having trouble
finding the type of device we should use. Can anyone recommend a
hardware product that will might be useful to us? All it really needs
is network connectivity and standard I/O ports (serial, usb, and
ethernet) and the ability to run software writtenin C#.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. If this is not the best group
for this quesiton I apologize and ask for pointers to a better group.

Thanks to all.

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